Starr's Hotel

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I took a little time out from my wife's family to research my own today. My Mum and Dad have been tracing my side of the family since at least the 1980's, so they have it fairly well covered. They have reached the point that the basic lineages have been traced and new discoveries take a long time to find and mysteries are harder to solve.

We've know for a long time that Louis Muller, my (many) great Grandfather ran a hotel in Finsbury Square, London but we didn't know the name of it. Having used Google books to good effect for the Burright family I searched for Louis. I found two references. One is for a London directory held in a New York library (I'll need to follow that up when we visit later this year) and the other was in a reference in a licensees register for London during the 1800's. This listed Louis and his partner Gustave as the owner of the Starr's Hotel, Finsbury Square.

Now we can start searching for details of the hotel. Nothing has turned up on line but there is a good chance my family will be able to find more by researching locally in London. This evening was a good example of leaving no stone unturned in the search for clues and that even the most obscure books can give you a whole new lead to follow in your family research.